Blind Fox BBQ KS
Rating
1641
peak 1646
Contests
29
in the data
First seen
2023-10-27
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#101
Master 2026
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
3
6 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 29 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
684.47 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 686.86 (-2.39)
Walk rate
66%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±9.05
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 171.80 · weakest Pork (171.60)
Road miles
1709
mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 161 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Ambition Que has finished one call ahead of Blind Fox BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
LOVE 2 Q has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Damn Fine Beef & Swine has come out ahead in 17 of their 21 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 2 visits.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 101-team field at Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT).
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) (2026-04-10) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 14-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN.
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 158.2400 | 171.63 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 27 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 161.0972 | 171.75 | top 37% |
| Pork | 29 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 159.3600 | 171.60 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 178.2972 | 160.4912 | 171.80 | top 33% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 15 | 1 | top 33% |
| MO | 10 | 0 | top 36% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 10 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 16 | 1 | top 29% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (10 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (18 of 29 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork (29 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) (2026-04-10)
- Wins it all in 3% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 686.86
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 709.7028 | 684.31 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 699.9776 | 686.76 |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 701.6916 | 688.57 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 697.0972 | 689.35 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS | 35 / 157 (676.4568) | 113 (159.3828) | 66 (167.3828) | 18 (174.2856) | 12 (175.4056) |
| 2026-06-05 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 20 / 25 (669.5196) | 14 (170.8228) | 12 (167.3828) | 13 (170.8228) | 25 (160.4912) |
| 2026-04-24 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest Sugar Creek, MO | 5 / 28 (691.3832) | 3 (176.5600) | 4 (174.2744) | 10 (173.1544) | 17 (167.3944) |
| 2026-04-10 | Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) Osage City, KS | 1 / 101 (709.7028) | 9 (178.2972) | 22 (175.4056) | 3 (180.0000) | 11 (176.0000) |
| 2026-04-03 | Smokin in the Valley Linn Valley, KS | 14 / 31 (675.2916) | 6 (175.4056) | 12 (168.5488) | 24 (159.3600) | 10 (171.9772) |
| 2026-03-20 | 8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 21 / 68 (687.3600) | 32 (169.6800) | 4 (176.5716) | 48 (166.8456) | 14 (174.2628) |
| 2026-01-30 | SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE | 14 / 38 (680.4224) | 7 (173.1200) | 10 (173.1084) | 27 (166.8112) | 18 (167.3828) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 115 / 401 (687.8740) | 187 (170.8344) | 110 (173.1084) | 103 (174.2628) | 163 (169.6684) |
| 2025-11-01 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) Oak Grove, MO | 5 / 50 (699.9776) | 19 (176.0116) | 36 (169.6916) | 5 (177.7144) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2025-10-31 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) Oak Grove, MO | 39 / 53 (681.5884) | 41 (169.1200) | 7 (176.5600) | 45 (167.3828) | 38 (168.5256) |
| 2025-09-19 | 37th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 9 / 30 (685.5884) | 10 (171.9772) | 4 (175.4056) | 4 (169.6684) | 13 (171.9656) |
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 18 / 62 (693.0860) | 32 (171.9772) | 25 (170.2744) | 23 (173.1200) | 5 (177.7144) |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS | 42 / 159 (675.3256) | 122 (158.2400) | 56 (169.6800) | 4 (179.4400) | 57 (167.9656) |
| 2025-06-06 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 16 / 29 (679.8856) | 5 (175.4172) | 25 (161.0972) | 13 (171.4056) | 11 (171.9656) |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 20 / 92 (691.3484) | 47 (171.9656) | 51 (170.2628) | 12 (177.7028) | 31 (171.4172) |
| 2025-03-21 | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 26 / 70 (686.1940) | 24 (174.2628) | 31 (170.8572) | 48 (169.6684) | 23 (171.4056) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 6 / 444 (701.6916) | 199 (170.2628) | 24 (177.7144) | 18 (177.7144) | 28 (176.0000) |
| 2024-10-04 | Meat Inferno Edgerton, KS | 18 / 38 (685.5884) | 30 (166.2400) | 16 (173.1200) | 19 (171.9656) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2024-10-04 | Meat Inferno (ONE MEAT RIBS) Edgerton, KS | — | — | 4 (174.8456) | — | — |
| 2024-09-20 | 36th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 12 / 32 (685.0516) | 24 (165.6916) | 7 (174.2628) | 7 (167.3828) | 19 (165.0972) |
| 2024-08-16 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 14 / 65 (692.5144) | 5 (177.7028) | 39 (166.8344) | 19 (174.8572) | 19 (173.1200) |
| 2024-05-31 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 8 / 25 (683.9088) | 10 (173.1200) | 6 (174.2628) | 13 (169.1316) | 13 (167.3944) |
| 2024-05-17 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ Iola, KS | 15 / 31 (687.9084) | 19 (171.9656) | 12 (171.9772) | 8 (174.2628) | 12 (169.7028) |
| 2024-04-26 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest Sugar Creek, MO | 25 / 44 (677.0632) | 25 (170.8228) | 27 (167.9888) | 27 (166.8344) | 15 (171.4172) |
| 2024-03-15 | 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 9 / 58 (694.8344) | 13 (174.2628) | 28 (170.2972) | 27 (171.9772) | 1 (178.2972) |
| 2023-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO | 7 / 40 (697.0972) | 23 (173.7028) | 2 (178.8572) | 24 (167.9772) | 6 (176.5600) |
| 2023-10-27 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO | 31 / 47 (681.6112) | 16 (175.4056) | 38 (167.4056) | 41 (163.9428) | 11 (174.8572) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #101 (904 pts) | #92 (934 pts) | #115 (919 pts) | #131 (749 pts) | #131 (739 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #261 (844 pts) | #296 (764 pts) | #334 (784 pts) | #232 (964 pts) | #221 (1019 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #224 (963 pts) | #307 (758 pts) | #249 (983 pts) | #232 (938 pts) | #195 (1048 pts) |